This hotel/hostel has nice pictures on its Web site, but the reality is that right now (March 2012) they're taking advantage of the off-season to do repairs and build a new room--and things are a bit grubby at the moment. The duty manager told us that by May 2012 things should be better. The building looks awful from the outside,... More

We booked this hostel based on photos we saw on different websites and their claim to have recently been renovated. Looked good, but when we arrived we found that the hostel was under renovation NOT that it was already done. We were put in a dorm room with no flooring (only the underfloor was there) and the door was missing... More

The good point of the hostel is its location, in the commercial street of Arbat. Our rooms were ensuite rooms and they had different problems: - They were really really small without any wardrobe. - Beds and pillows were old, bad and bed sheets were really old as well (with bleach stains). - The bathroom is also small and we... More

A friend and I had booked a private twin room for 5 nights direct with the hotel well in advance, paying a deposit. Friends of ours had separately booked a double private room also. When we turned up we were told we would actually be staying in an apartment, with the people who by coincidence happened to be our friends... More

The hostel is clearly doing well based on it's location and lack of competition. However if Moscow ever starts to fill the void in budget accommodation that it seems to suffer from this place will quickly and rightly be forgotten. The rooms are cheaply built and furnished, there seems to be no sound proofing or insulation in the walls meaning... More

It is really truly horrible... Yes I do understand that budget accommodation is nothing more than budget, but being have to pay almost 100$ this is really just way too budget for me to accept. I was hoping that it would be better somehow then what I saw from the websites and all - to all fairness don't hope it... More